[DSecRG-09-053] VMware Remoute Console - format string

Digital Security Research Group [DSecRG] Advisory DSECRG-09-053

Application: VMware Remoute Console
Version: e.x.p build-158248
Vendor URL: http://vmware.com
Bugs: Format String Vulnerabilitys
Exploits: YES (PoC)
Reported: 07.08.2009
Vendor response: 13.08.2009
Date of Public Advisory: 09.04.2010
CVE: CVE-2009-3732
VSA: VMSA-2010-0007
Authors: Alexey Sintsov of
Digital Security Research Group [DSecRG] (research [at] dsecrg [dot] com)

Description

VMware Remote Console Plug-in can be installed from WEB
interface of VMware vSphere. This software contains of ActiveX
objects and executable files for remote console of guest OS.
VMrc vulnerable to format string attacks. Exploitation of this issue
may lead to arbitrary code execution on the system where VMrc is installed.

Details

Details on official advisory http://dsecrg.com/pages/vul/show.php?id=153

References

http://dsecrg.com/pages/vul/show.php?id=153
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000090.html

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